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cessfully carried out. Probably no school should encour- 

 age the formation of more than two different club projects 

 for the same season. Club work is outlined with almost 

 every chapter in this text, but not with the expectation that 

 any school will organize at one time all the clubs suggested. 

 The teacher, with the cooperation of county, state or 

 other agricultural club leaders, should select for boys 

 the project of greatest agricultural significance and value 

 to the community, and for the girls the project of greatest 

 economic and social value to the community home life. 

 Every rural school, especially, should have two such club 

 projects. This plan will carry the benefits of the school to 

 the homes, and offer the boys and girls real interests in 

 agriculture and home economics not only for the school 

 year, but for the summer vacation as well. 



3. Equipment for Teaching Agriculture 



The amount and nature of the equipment required for 

 the teaching of agriculture will depend largely on the time 

 allotted to the study, the age and grade of the pupils, and 

 the scope of the work undertaken. But every school, no 

 matter how small or elementary, must have certain neces- 

 sary equipment if the work is to be most successful. Much 

 of this material can be made by the pupils in the school, if 

 they are properly directed. 



Tables and cabinets. It is essential to have suitable 

 table space so as .to permit study or demonstration in a 

 group. This will be much more satisfactory than under- 

 taking to do the work from the individual desks of the 

 pupils. For successful class work the pupils should always 

 be seated together for observation and instruction, and 

 there must be room for the display and distribution of ma- 

 terial to be used by the entire class. Adequate cupboard or 

 cabinet space for the storing of material and specimens is 



